Devonport

A small northern Tasmanian community has been left "heartbroken" after five children die when a jumping castle takes off in a gust of wind at an end-of-year primary school event.

Police have confirmed five children have died after a jumping castle at Hillcrest Primary, Devonport, was thrown about 10 metres into the air by a gust of wind.

AS the devastated Devonport community was shaken to its core by the Hillcrest Primary School tragedy, 18-year-old local Zoe Smith could think only of the families.

The school was holding an end-of-year celebration about 10am when a gust of wind threw a jumping castle and several inflatable "zorb" balls 10 metres in the air. Police said a number of Grade 5/6 students were in the castle at the time,

Tasmania's police commissioner has described the tragedy which claimed the lives of four year six pupils as heartbreaking. Commissioner Darren Hine spoke in Devonport on Thursday afternoon saying that he could confirm four children,

Four children have died, and several others remain critical after a jumping castle incident in Tasmania’s north on Thursday morning. Emergency services along with the Westpac Rescue Helicopter were called to Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport about 10am,

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Police have confirmed four children have died after a jumping castle at Hillcrest Primary, Devonport, was thrown about 10 metres into the air by a gust of wind.

Two children have died after a jumping castle flew into the air at a primary school in Tasmania. The chaos unfolded around 10am on Thursday morning at the Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport on the north coast of Tasmania.

Two children have died, and several others remain critical after a jumping castle incident in Tasmania’s north on Thursday morning. Emergency services along with the Westpac Rescue Helicopter were called to Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport about 10am,